Ruth Mottram
I'm a climate scientist and glaciologist, working on Greenland and the Arctic, views expressed here are my own and do not relate to my employer, etc..
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Tsunami from Heaven / Amazing Rainstorm Timelapse / Downburst / Microburst
Downburst / Microburst / Unwetterzelle entlädt sich über dem Millstättersee / Kärnten / Österreich / licensed by amh copyright: Peter Maier Heaven opens its ...
Adapting to Climate Change Will Take More than Just Sea Walls and Levees
Our government’s unconscionable policies are a scary precedent
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Satellite based Earth Observation for hydrology, climate monitoring and cryosphere
Hungary passes 'Stop Soros' law banning help for migrants
Under the new so-called "Stop Soros" law, anyone who helps asylum seekers faces a year in jail.
Turbulence isn't just a science problem
You might be familiar with turbulence as you experience it on a plane, or as scholars describe combustible forces of social change. But understanding how it operates is far more complex.
Q-Transect: A Hotspot of Greenland ice loss
Ruth Mottram
We recently published an #OA #icesheet paper looking at the Q-transect in south #Greenland, naturally @GlacierBytes has produced a very nice and readable summary on his blog
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Flexible wage deals behind greater inequality? | DW | 19.06.2018
A paper presented at a European Central Bank conference in Sintra, Portugal, has suggested that labor market reforms may have increased inequality in Germany. The study thus challenges a key tenet of monetary policy.
Microsoft’s purchase of GitHub leaves some scientists uneasy
They fear the data-sharing website will become less open, but other researchers say the buyout could make GitHub more useful.
Overraskende CO2-besparelser at hente i hjemmet: Fire ting du kan gøre for at begrænse din udledning
København har problemer med at nå byens klimamål. Her er nogle konkrete ting, du kan gøre for at hjælpe.
Eerst alleen klimaatmodellen, nu steeds vaker metingen
Nieuw Antarctica-onderzoek kreeg vorige week veel aandacht. Rolf Schuttenhelm wijst op meer onderzoek naar de zeespiegel. Als alles tegen zit, kan die tegen het eind van de eeuw met 2,5 meter zijn gestegen.
Spatio-temporal variability of processes across Antarctic ice-bed–ocean interfaces
Understudied in the Antarctic system are the subsurface interfaces between ice-sheet, ocean and geological substrate. Here, the authors review our understanding of these components and propose new avenues of holistic dynamic modeling to achieve a...
Danske forskere hjælper med at opklare motormysterium i det kolde nord
Havarikommissionen får hjælp fra Geus i jagten på motordele fra en Airbus 380. Motorhavariet skete nemlig over den grønlandske indlandsis, hvor delene eftersøges med radarer.
Greenland sled dogs at risk of extinction
Dog ( Canis familiaris ) and sled remains found together suggest that the first sled dogs arose approximately 10,000 years ago ([ 1 ][1]). The ancestors to current sled dog breeds were essential to the Inuit's conquest of the Arctic. Sled dogs...
Why I Won't Debate Science
Once you put established facts about the world up for argument, you’ve already lost
Ruth Mottram
👏 Bravo... @DrKateMarvel
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